HOOSICK — Nine people were forced from their West Hoosick Road home in the Hoosic River community of Buskirk after flooding caused by an ice jam prompted flooding on Monday, American Red Cross officials said.

Volunteers from the Northeastern New York chapter is helping five adults and four children, ages 6, 4, 2 and 1, with food and comfort kits. The residents are staying with their landlord in a nearby residence until it is safe to return to the house.